Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132) and index
1. The Beginning - 2. Slipher, de Sitter, and Einstein - 3. Hubble and Humason - 4. The Law of the Expanding Universe - 5. The Birth and the Death of Stars - 6. The Religion of Science
Surveys the work of scientists and the astronomical discoveries since 1913 which support the Big Bang theory of the beginning and end of the universe